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français In-12 de (2) ff., 436 pp.; veau marbré granité, dos à cinq nerfs orné, pièce de titre et de tomaison fauve, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Illustré de deux planches gravées repliées (Ancien et nouveau Mexico) et de quatre cartes gravées dépliantes : I. Carte des environs de la Ville de Mexico. II. Plan du port d'Acapulco sur la côte du Mexique dans la Mer du Sud. III. Plan de Port Royal et de ses environs situé dans la Baye de Campeche. IV. Carte des Provinces de Nicaragua et Costa Rica. Coin inférieur du second plat légèrement émoussé.
FIRST EDITION of this much-reprinted anthology of Cardenal's poetry. Edition limited to 4,000 numbered copies. Oblong 8vo, original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Very scarce, especially in such excellent condition.
pp. 55, (1), Folding Sketch of Lines and Reconnaissances, (11) Large Folding General Maps and Detail Drawings, (56) Full page Photogravures accompanying report. Plates very slightly soiled and damp stained. Some maps and drawings soiled at folds. 4to. Original full cloth binding, worn at extremities. Hardbound. The cross-Nicaragua route for a trans-oceanic canal was only one of several considered, before settling on Panama. LATIN AMERICA BOX 1
Cover photo of Alex Colville. Contents: Crisis of mounting AIDS hysteria in San Francisco; Anti-cruise missile protests; Grant Devine's Farmland Safari in Saskatchewan; Brian Mulroney campaigning in the Maritimes; Washed-out bridge at Rogers Pass; Manitoba fights mosquito war; The Return of Henry Kissinger - special report; Gathering clouds of war in Central America - Nicaragua; Photo of Lebanon's Gemayel in Washington with Reagan; Craxi takes the helm in Italy; Martial law lifted in Poland; Kohl confronts the doves in Germany; Photo of Shannon Tweed and news about her leaving Playboy Enterprises Inc.; Centerfold ad for the new Audi 5000S; Controversy for John Turner over film-investment company; Potholes in the path of the Tour de France; Investigation of shipping lines at Port of Monteal; Jose Maria Ruiz-Mateos of Spain's Rumasa financial; William Lyon Mulroney Lives, by Peter C. Newman; Greenpeace in Siberia; Using Mountain Bikes in the city; The World of Alex Colville - 6 page illustrated article; The Prime of golfer Jim Nelford; Brian Mulroney's honeymoon, by Douglas Fisher. Nostalgic Commodore Vic 20 computer ad inside front cover. Book
102 pages. Features: Bell Telephone ad features photo of Edwin Felch, a developer of the Titan guidance system; Why a Marine Corps?; USMCR... Amateur or Professional?; Caterpillar "Traxcavator" ad; Where Do We Stand? - A Progress Report; Sikorsky S-62 amphibian turbocopter photo ad; Archival aviation photos; Missile Report, 1959 - a guided tour through the Marine Corps missile and rocket arsenal; Why We Need Serials; Photo ad for the Rotorcycle built by Gyrodyne; A Touch of Tradition; Belleau Wood; Hell in China - Extensive photo-illustrated article on the Boxer Uprising / Rebellion; Marine Reunions; Support by Fire - Part 5 - Atomic Fires, The Big Lightning; Force in Readiness 1959; The Unlovable Latin - Augustino Sandino was the P.T. Barnum of guerilla warfare in Central America - article with photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 210-312 plus 24 pages of ads. Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Modern Adam and Eve - Thomas J. Thomas; In Unexplored Brazil - Part II - Dr. Maximus Neumayer; The Would-Be Actors - F. Harris Deans; Life in the Magdalen Islands - W. Lacey Amy; Our Visit to Raisuli - Alan H. Burgoyne, M.P.; The Coolie Smugglers - Percy Walton Whitaker; A Night of Horror - The Rev. Walter P. Dennis; Across Unknown Labrador - Part III - H. Hesketh Prichard; My Adventure in Nicaragua - Major P.M. Sykes; A Midnight Attack - W.E. Priestly; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part IV - Mrs. Fred Maturin; The "Wide World" Globes; The Fete of the Ox - Frederic Lees; The Lost Island - Oliver Matson; Odds and Ends. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
126 pages. Includes sheet music for voice and guitar for the following songs: And We Dance; Call it Democracy; The Coldest Night of the Year; Where the Death Squad Lives; Don't Feel Your Touch; Down Here Tonight; Dweller by a Dark Stream; Fascist Architecture; If a Tree Falls; Inner City Front; Lovers in a Dangerous Time; Nicaragua; Peggy's Kitchen Wall; People See Through You; Red Brother, Red Sister; If I Had a Rocket Launcher; Rumours of Glory; Stolen Land; Tibetan Side of Town; Tokyo; Tropic Moon; The Trouble with Normal; Waiting for a Miracle; World of Wonders; You Pay Your Money. Moderate wear. Store stamp inside back cover otherwise unmarked. A quality copy of this excellent Cockburn compilation. Book